VtwinVince

Oooh, cool box, I'd like one of those. I have a couple of Godet boxes, and a Knauer, and they both used cotton.

How about this abomination, anyone know Arabic?

Looks like crap to me.

I think that whole thing is fake, and the seller is a known fraudster.

Thanks for the tip, looks like a useful guide. Now if only our post office would stop striking.....

Thanks for this, I'm in the process of trying to get more familiar with Suetterlin, as I have a small mountain of material in my archives which I can't read right now.

At least the postcards stand a chance of being real.

As Rick says, another Frankenkreuz, core details are all wrong for an 1813 example.

You're right Rick, I thought that was a comparative bargain.

Here's my example on the right.

I specifically asked Altendorf about the cloth EK, and yes, it was a cloth version, no retouching.

Here is that picture of my old friend Heinz Altendorf, CO of 7. JG53. I asked him what happened to this jacket, and he was wearing it when he was shot down over the desert late in 1941 and wounded. The medics who treated him cut it to pieces.

This member is well known for using the forum for commercial purposes.

There's a Vor dem Feinde device on this Feldschnalle as well.

Israel? An appropriate IDF award these days.

Looks like the 'pumpkin crown fake'.

Hard to say, but they were worn in period. I have a photo of a Luftwaffe ace wearing one, I'll have to look for it.

Another one of my favourites.

Always one of my favourite EK equivalents.

Yup, nice one.

Here is a jacket which belonged to Leutnant Robert Strey of Jasta 2, previously of Jasta 25 in the Balkans. It is a standard Kraftfahr-Truppen issue with upgraded Prussian officer's buttons, a fur lined collar and officer's shoulder boards with fire gilded Fliegertruppe props. I also have a couple of flying helmets which belonged to Strey. There is a tailor's label inside the inner pocket which says, 'Leutnant Strey Kngl. Pr. Jasta 2 Boelcke'.

Yikes, looks like the 'engraving' is cast in to the back.

That's good news, I've got two of those.

That one looks real to me.

I like that one as well, but the price is stupid.